Riot Gear News & Articles

• Make your training hours count: Scenario-based training for law enforcement

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  Head, face and neck protection during these trainings is key

• New and emerging use cases for night vision devices

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  Increase officer safety and situational awareness with this tool

• Using miniature red dot sights for general duty policing

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  Police are seeing benefits after adopting this modern technology

• The current challenges facing public order units

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  These tools can help your department stay safe while effectively managing public gatherings

• Preparing your police department’s response to demonstrations in an imperfect world

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  By now every officer should be trained in crowd control so that a group of them can form anytime to address a violent crowd in the early stages of its development

• Plan early and prepare your gear for mutual aid deployment

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  During any period of widespread protests, it is important to prep both your equipment and your family in case you are deployed to assist with crowd control

• New riot suit from Israel Weapon Industries absorbs kinetic energy

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  The GAL Versatile Protective Suit can reduce trauma by up to 95%, the company says

• Latvia join NATO Nations and Partners in choosing Avon Protection’s FM50 Mask System

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  The Latvian National Armed Forces has awarded a contract to Avon Protection for supply of their market leading CBRN respiratory protection including FM50 mask systems, filters, spares and accessori...

• How to buy riot response gear (eBook)

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  Download this Police1 riot response gear buying guide to learn key steps for product selection, purchasing and implementation

• Dr. Frank Straub on the LAPD response to George Floyd protests

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  A report on the LAPD’s response to mass demonstrations in summer 2020 reveals how acts of violence against police and citizens, extensive property damage and looting caught police off guard

• IACP Quick Take: Crowd management lessons learned from Seattle, Minnesota and Boston

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  Three police chiefs discuss their department’s response to peaceful protests that became violent because of “bad actors”

• Police union building set on fire during Portland riot

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  Later, as police dispersed a group that had gathered near North Interstate Avenue, people threw rocks and paint-filled balloons at officers

• Police: $23 million lost due to ongoing Portland protests

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  “Quite frankly, this is not sustainable," Deputy Chief Chris Davis said at a briefing

• Union: Louisville officers told to remove riot gear after deadly protest or face suspension

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  A department spokesperson said they wanted to be cognizant that the “presence of officers in heavy gear can elevate tensions”

• Readers respond: Are agencies doing enough to prepare LEOs for protests?

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  Over the past several weeks, we asked our audience a series of questions about crowd control

• Wisconsin governor activates National Guard after state senator attacked, night of violence

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  The violence broke out as a group protested the arrest of a Black man who shouted at restaurant customers through a megaphone while carrying a baseball bat

• 7 cops injured amid unruly crowd at Milwaukee investigation scene

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  Authorities denounced the unrest as vigilantism and said some people were reacting to information that had not been proven in the case

• Cops disperse protesters trying to tear down Andrew Jackson statue near the White House

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  Andrew Jackson's history of violence against Native Americans, notably the Trail of Tears, has made the statue a target for protesters

• Why this is a time for tried and true team tactics

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  Police officers need to be able to apply the right combination of tactics to maintain or restore peace and personally survive while doing it

• 5 steps of riot prep: How to do crowd control correctly

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  When the world is watching and crowds are at their worst, make sure your officers are at their best

• 12 things every police department's civil unrest plan needs

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  Failure to plan is planning to fail, and that's glaringly evident when large-scale civil unrest breaks out

• A 15-point plan to prevent or survive a large disturbance

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  Be cognizant of what is working – and what is not – and be flexible enough to change tactics quickly as needed

• How to disinfect your duty gear amid COVID-19 concerns

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  With lots of misinformation out there on how to prevent contamination of duty gear, here’s a resource that sets the record straight

• Rethinking riot gear: Overcoming officers’ biggest challenges

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  This one-size-fits-most solution comfortably suits officers

• 7 charged with rioting after protest in St. Louis County

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  Nearly 200 people have been arrested in demonstrations since a judge acquitted former officer Jason Stockley of first-degree murder

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